[fpc-devel] Alternative parsers

[Alexander Klenin]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 22:44, Florian Klaempfl <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:
> Am 19.10.2010 11:08, schrieb Juha Manninen (gmail):
>> First Pascal-like languages and later C.
>> FPC's main developer doesn't see a need for it.
>
> Indeed. Please tell what a C front end to FPC helps? FPC has no
> advantage over existing C compilers except being a pascal compiler ;).
> Do you think any C developer will work on a C compiler written in
> pascal? It won't make interfacing C headers easier as explained multiple
> times. So what do you expect from a C front end?

Actually, I certainly think (and hope) that DoDi's goal is _not_ a "C frontend",
but to find _any_ possible venue to upgrade the code structure of FPC code.
I admire his persistence and productivity and my suggestion for a fork
was not a trolling attempt (although it did start a flame, for which I
am sorry).
To get going, a fork needs some momentum and dedication and maybe
he is the person able to pull it off.

-- 
Alexander S. Klenin